The SMED program helps an organization control the changeover and set-up process so that they do not contribute to additional waste in the overall production process.

Whenever the changeover or set-up process is not as organized or as efficient as possible then there is always added cost in the product. Significant cost savings can be realized through the implementation of SMED.

Course Content

• Why have/What is a quick changeover?
• Definition of SMED
• What is the OEE – Overall Equipment Effectiveness?
• Your current base-line measurement and the contribution from set-up and changeover time
• Correlation of SMED with WIP, Flow Rates, Elimination of Waste, Adding Capacity, and Improving Quality
• The critical element – set-up time and its components
• Set-up success examples
• Principles of Quick Changeovers
• Typical causes of delays
• The 4 steps of SMED Implementation
• Applying ‘2S’ during SMED implementation
• Check sheets for SMED
• Advanced SMED tools
• SMED Improvement applications
• Monitoring success – measuring results
• Obstacles to improvement
• Real life examples of Quick Changeovers
• What’s your potential?

Who Should Attend

Operations Managers, Set-up and Changeover Employees, and Engineers should attend this program so that the steps of planning how to implement SMED can be done with greater agreement and in a faster time-line.

Length of Program

This is a one day program that can be delivered in two half days or one full day.

Support Services for SMED

Raidea provides full consulting and implementation support for organizations while they are learning how to plan and realize the benefits from SMED.